With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

The Sahara Desert, known today for its vast, arid landscapes, was once a fertile region teeming with life. A recent study analyzing stalagmites from caves in southern Morocco has revealed that between ...

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a warning about a potential desert locust outbreak in Morocco, as swarms continue spreading across North Africa. The warning ...

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa ... Between July and September every year, rainfall north of the equator in Africa increases due to monsoon season. Such stormy weather occurs when ...

New research reveals that only the most intense Atlantic-sourced storms are responsible for filling a normally dry lake in ...

Its dry stone and mud mortar homes, mosques and libraries store some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic ... role in desertification. Deserts, including the Sahara, are expanding at unprecedented ...

The Sahara is very likely the world's largest ... these images document a dramatic climate change across North Africa from the hyperarid desert it is today to a nearly completely vegetated ...

The north of Africa shares a boundary with ... and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sand dunes in the Sahara desert in Africa. The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert, located ...